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Hallyn" , Mark Harris , "G. Branden Robinson" , Douglas McIlroy Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 05:09:17PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Reported-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" > Cc: Mark Harris > Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" > Cc: Douglas McIlroy > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar Acked-by: Serge Hallyn > --- > man/man3/memalign.3 | 4 +--- > man/man3/memccpy.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memchr.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memcmp.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memcpy.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memfrob.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memmem.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memmove.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/mempcpy.3 | 2 +- > man/man3/memset.3 | 2 +- > 10 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man/man3/memalign.3 b/man/man3/memalign.3 > index 12e8a5bb0c33..5954693e3d30 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memalign.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memalign.3 > @@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memalign 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memalign > -\- > -allocate aligned memory > +memalign \- memory aligned allocate > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memccpy.3 b/man/man3/memccpy.3 > index d21e7d014af6..706f8152f58c 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memccpy.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memccpy.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memccpy 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memccpy \- copy memory area > +memccpy \- memory until-and-including-character copy > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memchr.3 b/man/man3/memchr.3 > index 40ea45fdfb83..0a493ff4029d 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memchr.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memchr.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memchr 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memchr \- scan memory for a character > +memchr \- memory search character > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memcmp.3 b/man/man3/memcmp.3 > index 815bd10252fe..9cecb282ba4f 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memcmp.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memcmp.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memcmp 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memcmp \- compare memory areas > +memcmp \- memory compare > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memcpy.3 b/man/man3/memcpy.3 > index c94c501b0374..f8f049bf5c4c 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memcpy.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memcpy.3 > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memcpy 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memcpy \- copy memory area > +memcpy \- memory copy > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memfrob.3 b/man/man3/memfrob.3 > index 90534b749c4c..ee41da0ced7b 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memfrob.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memfrob.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memfrob 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memfrob \- frobnicate (obfuscate) a memory area > +memfrob \- memory frobnicate (obfuscate) > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memmem.3 b/man/man3/memmem.3 > index 0224a130537e..13fd8b7cea7b 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memmem.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memmem.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memmem 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memmem \- locate a substring > +memmem \- memory search submemory > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memmove.3 b/man/man3/memmove.3 > index c549c6145176..99f152412142 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memmove.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memmove.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memmove 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memmove \- copy memory area > +memmove \- memory move > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/mempcpy.3 b/man/man3/mempcpy.3 > index d5ae5812758e..012e6326dd00 100644 > --- a/man/man3/mempcpy.3 > +++ b/man/man3/mempcpy.3 > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ > .\" > .TH mempcpy 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -mempcpy, wmempcpy \- copy memory area > +mempcpy, wmempcpy \- memory return-offset-pointer copy > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > diff --git a/man/man3/memset.3 b/man/man3/memset.3 > index 370ac64fdf25..91b3b476abf9 100644 > --- a/man/man3/memset.3 > +++ b/man/man3/memset.3 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > .\" > .TH memset 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" > .SH NAME > -memset \- fill memory with a constant byte > +memset \- memory set > .SH LIBRARY > Standard C library > .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) > -- > 2.53.0 >